[Labs-l] OpenMeetings.org & Wikimedia Labs

Fri May 18 01:20:04 UTC 2012

Hi,

I'm interested in migrating OpenMeetings.org into a Wikimedia Labs
project.  The migration would be special case compared to most other Labs
projects---but, prospectively a good match---and an initial assessment on
the proposal is welcome.

OpenMeetings.org is a MediaWiki+MetaVidWiki[1] instance with partial Amara
(formerly Universal Subtitles) integration.  The driving idea is to "open
up" meetings of public interest to the open web community and pending
technical development, the broader public.  OpenMeetings.org is aligned
with WMF's mission to "empower and engage people around the world to
collect and develop educational content" using OSI-approved licenses for
both hosted meetings and underlying code.

Current development work needed includes a re-base to recent versions of
MediaWiki (currently running 1.15.1), CSS work, re-integration with
MwEmbed[2], building better video import/export tools, etc.

Retaining the current URL structure is important.  I'm also interested in
transferring domain ownership to the WMF.

So, heads/tails on the above?  I'd remain active as the primary project
coordinator.

Sincerely,
George (User:GChriss)

[1] http://metavid.ucsc.edu/wiki/MetaVidWiki_Software
[2] https://github.com/kaltura/mwEmbed